Miguel Zenón On Teaching At New England Conservatory
Miguel Zenón, the alto saxophonist and composer who has blended jazz and the music of his native Puerto Rico into one of the most passionate and coherent forms of contemporary expression, exemplifies the new possibilities that jazz envisions in the 21st century. His triumphs of the past decade, at ...
(Published: January 15, 2015) [read more]
Berklee Names Jane Mendillo, Former President and CEO of Harvard Management Company, to Board of Trustees
Berklee College of Music has named Jane Mendillo to its board of trustees. Mendillo is the former president and CEO of Harvard Management Company (HMC), which manages Harvard University's endowment and related financial assets.
Mendillo had worked at HMC for 15 years earlier in her career ...
(Published: January 14, 2015) [read more]
New England Conservatory Faculty Profile: Fred Hersch
Fred Hersch has much to look forward to in his immediate future, including the premiere of a new extended composition and a variety of performances in the diverse solo and small-ensemble settings that have made him one of the major contemporary voices in jazz piano. Yet 2015 looms large in his ...
(Published: January 14, 2015) [read more]
INDIA & ISMAEL MIRANDA, Together for the FIRST Time
LEHMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS presents
Enamorados
INDIA & ISMAEL MIRANDA
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts brings together for the first time to celebrate Valentine's Day, La Princesca de la Salsa, INDIA, and El Niño Bonito, ISMAEL MIRANDA for ENAMORADOS, ...
(Published: January 14, 2015) [read more]
Jungle Funk to perform at the Kennedy Center January 14
Millenium Stage 6-7 PM FREE
Will Calhoun, drums
Doug Wimbish, bass
Vinx de'Jon Parrette, vocals
Jungle Funk is a super group armed with amazing virtuosity and history. These three pioneers of pop, rock, funk, jazz, and world music are separately and together respected worldwide for ...
(Published: January 13, 2015) [read more]
New Yorkers come to Golub’s aid one final time
January 21 all-star concert planned to memorialize the guitarist and benefit his family sells out.
New York City (13 January 2015): When the newly blind guitarist Jeff Golub stumbled and fell onto New York City subway tracks where he was clipped and dragged by a train in 2012, New Yorkers came ...
(Published: January 13, 2015) [read more]
Arts for Art presents: Pop-Up Evolving: BlackLivesMatter
Arts For Art presents an Evolving POP UP venue honoring #BlackLives, Roy Campbell & Amiri Baraka who we lost in January, 2014. January 23 to 30th, 2015 we will celebrate #BlackLivesMatter & the multiple creative outcomes of this statement. Please join us for an epic journey of FreeJazz, music, ...
(Published: January 13, 2015) [read more]
George Wein Announces Lineup for 2015 Newport Jazz Festival®
George Wein Announces Lineup for 2015 Newport Jazz Festival®
July 31 - August 2, Including Three Full Days of Performances
by Some of the World's Greatest Established and Emerging Artists
Performers Include Cassandra Wilson, Dr. John, Chris Botti, Jamie Cullum, Snarky Puppy, Maria ...
(Published: January 13, 2015) [read more]
Amanda Kravat Defies the Odds with Impressive Return and Rave Reviews Following Hiatus; Reviewers Say New EP Points to Kravat’s “Limitless Potential,” as it Evokes Carole King, Rolling Stones and Others
January 13, 2015
"Kravat can attack an emotional truth and rock it out"; "Besides, where else would you get a song with a lyric like "Calibrate the Universe'""
"A deeply personal and powerful work"
Reviewers Say New EP Points to Kravat's "Limitless Potential," as it ...
(Published: January 13, 2015) [read more]
Lineup announced for New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest
When the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival landed Sir Elton John to perform in May, organizers say they also worked hard to craft an entire day that hits all the right notes with a parade of piano royalty.
On May 2, the day the "Rocket Man" singer-pianist takes the stage, there will also be ...
(Published: January 13, 2015) [read more]
Culbertson celebrates a milestone anniversary “Live”
The first live recording from the multi-genre multi-instrumentalist aims to get radio to "Think Free"
Los Angeles, California (12 January 2015): Years ago, a young ambitious musician-songwriter-producer emerged from Chicago who went on to architect 27 No. 1 Billboard singles along with a ...
(Published: January 12, 2015) [read more]
Drummer/Composer ERNESTO CERVINI Flies High With His New CD TURBOPROP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Drummer/Composer ERNESTO CERVINI
Flies High With His New CD TURBOPROP
Available On Anzic Records - February 3, 2015
Please visit: www.Anzicrecords.com
For more information and tour dates please click on: www.ErnestoCervini.com
Press/media: Physical ...
(Published: January 12, 2015) [read more]
MAX ROACH BIRTHDAY RADIO SPECIAL WITH HOST LARRY RENI THOMAS ON WCOM-FM 1/11/15
Listen to WCOM-FM (www.wcomfm.org), Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina, January 11, 2015, from 9pm to 12 midnight, for The Max Roach Birthday Special with host Larry Reni Thomas. The program will feature three hours of Max Roach's music and an audio documentary called "Max Roach: The Great ...
(Published: January 10, 2015) [read more]
KCC Productions presents Mino Cinelu's World Jazz Ensemble
With Special Guest Eddie Henderson
At Winter Jazz Festival
Saturday January 10, 11:30 PM
Zinc Bar
82 West Third Street
Greenwich Village
212-477-ZINC
World-renowned musician Mino Cinelu has assembled a new quartet -- the exciting World Jazz Ensemble -- which enhances Cinelu's ...
(Published: January 09, 2015) [read more]
Rufus Reid - Headlines at Miami Beach Jazz Festival
RUFUS REID / 2x GRAMMY® NOMINEE
Headlines at Miami Beach Jazz Festival Jan. 10!
"Living Legends of Jazz"
Double Grammy® Nominee Rufus Reid was featured this week on Miami's NBC "6 In The Mix" TV news program prior to his Miami Beach Jazz Festival performance Saturday evening, Jan. ...
(Published: January 09, 2015) [read more]
"Jazz Soup" returns Feb 3 with Award-Winning Artists
Jazz Soup is in love (and audiences are in love with Jazz Soup)! Next up: Tuesday, February 3rd at 7pm.
We promised a fun, eclectic, mix of some of the most exciting jazz artists around and, seriously, we are going to knock you out Feb 3rd (with love, of course, it is February)! From ...
(Published: January 09, 2015) [read more]
KCC Productions presents Jungle Funk
LIVE SHOWCASE @ WINTER JAZZ FESTIVAL
Friday, January 9, at 9 PM
The Bowery Electric
327 Bowery
East Village
212-228-0228
Will Calhoun, drums
Doug Wimbish, bass
Vinx de'Jon Parrette, vocals
Jungle Funk is a super group armed with amazing virtuosity and history. These three pioneers ...
(Published: January 08, 2015) [read more]
Monk in Motion: The Next Face of Jazz - Trumpets
The BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center is proud to present the talented winners of this year's Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. This year's competition highlighted outstanding trumpet players. This year's three finalists ─ Marquis Hill in First Place, Billy Buss in ...
(Published: January 08, 2015) [read more]
Buster Poindexter (AKA David Johansen, NY Dolls) returns to Café Carlyle, February 10-21
As a founding member of the New York Dolls and in a prolific solo career, David Johansen has been a seminal force in rock and roll, influencing countless singers and bands to this day. Buster Poindexter, Johansen's celebrated alter ego showcases his elegant crooning through R&B ballads. As ...
(Published: January 08, 2015) [read more]
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies & Contemporary Improvisation Departments Present More Than 50 Free Performances For Spring 2015 Season
Plus Residencies with World-Renowned Performers
January 26 - May 19, 2015
Highlights include: • The Music of Ken Schaphorst and John Medeski
• Jason Moran in The Music of Fats Waller
• Order of the Virtues, a re-interpretation of Hildegard von Bingen's Ordo Virtutum
• ...
(Published: January 08, 2015) [read more]
KCC Productions presents Craig Holiday Haynes
Craig Holiday Haynes Swings the Music of Sun Ra
LIVE SHOWCASE DURING JAZZ CONNECT CONFERENCE
JANUARY 8 FROM 7-9 PM
ZINC BAR
82 WEST THIRD STREET
GREENWICH VILLAGE
212-477-ZINC
Featuring
Michael Ray, trumpet
Bruce Edwards, guitar
Jay Rodriguez, sax/flute
Tyler Mitchell, bass
Craig ...
(Published: January 08, 2015) [read more]
‘Rhythmic Novelist’ Equates Parents with Electronic Devices in Cleverly-Written Nerdcore Track; Boston Rapper JPRiZM Shares Most Autobiographical Song to Date via New Music Video, 'Planes 2 Sea'
Raised in a ‘Gen Y Millennial' Environment of Virtual Stimulation, ‘Rhythmic Novelist' Equates Parents with Electronic Devices in Cleverly-Written ‘Planes 2 Sea'
Boston Rapper JPRiZM Continues to Mine His Distinctive ‘Nerdcore' Niche with Memorable Video Content and ...
(Published: January 07, 2015) [read more]
COIN OF THE REALM - Money, Politics and Jazz in Chicago
It was a summer of controversy for the Jazz Institute of Chicago (JIC). The flagship Chicago
Jazz Fest swirled with public discontent over booking issues. I found myself uninformed and
decided to take a closer look.
After months of digging, the greatest discovery is the JIC is ...
(Published: January 07, 2015) [read more]
New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Hit NYC This Week!
B.B. Kings to APAP
w/ vocalist Alia Shawkat
The New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Traditional Jass Band return to New York City this week with a whole mess 'o music featuring vocalist Alia Shawkat of the TV series Arrested Development. The band will be showcasing classic jazz duets with Alia ...
(Published: January 06, 2015) [read more]
Singer/Bassist JOSH HADEN To Perform at CHARLIE HADEN Memorial Show in NYC on January 13 Before His Band SPAIN Embarks on 6-Week Tour
U.S. Swing From Jan 28 - Feb 3 Hits Boston, NYC, Philly, D.C. and Brooklyn
Euro Leg Runs From Feb 7 - March 11, Hitting 30 Cities In Twelve Countries
Josh Haden To Perform at Charlie Haden Memorial Show at Town Hall NYC on Jan 13
New Album SARGENT PLACE Dubbed "Dark Swagger" by Los Angeles ...
(Published: January 06, 2015) [read more]
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